The Baltimore Sun is reporting that free agent OF Jeromy Burnitz is close to signing a 2-year deal worth $12 million with the Orioles...

...thanks to james for the link...

...angelos has to be out of his mind. burnitz is on the downside of his career as he turns 37 in april and his ops has been pathetic the last four years save his year in coors...

...if the orioles wanted to spend that kind of money on an outfielder, they should have gone after OF Jacque Jones, who signed a 3-year, $16 million deal with the cubs last week...

T.R. Sullivan of the Star Telegram is reporting that the Rangers have come to terms with free agent P Kevin Millwood on a 4-year contract with an 5th year option...

...thanks to ryan for the link...

...their pitching is starting to get moderetly acceptable. if they can find one more guy for their bullpen, i wouldn't be suprised to see them playing in october...

According to Bruce Levine of ESPN 1000 in Chicago, the Cubs are waiting to hear back from the Orioles on a trade that would send P Mark Prior, P Rich Hill and OF Corey Patterson to the Orioles for SS Miguel Tejada and P Erik Bedard...

...this trade makes too much sense for the o's. their big weakness for the last eight years has been god-awful pitching, and they would get one young, cy young quality pitcher and another one with all the potential in the world who also happens to have a zito curveball. they cannot possibly turn this deal down...

According to Dan Roche of CBS4 in Boston, free agent OF Johnny Damon and the Yankees have agreed to a 4-year, $52 million contract

...i can't picture damon in any other uniform but a red sox jersey. seeing him in pinstripes will be especially bizzare and awkward.

...it's still a great signing though...

ESPN.com is reporting that Nationals OF/2B Alfonso Soriano has demanded a trade to an American League team...

...so much for that soriano for wood trade i proposed earlier...

Soriano also said that he plans to become a free agent after next season and sign with an American League ballclub...

...about time the soriano to mets talk came to an end...

In addition to signing P Darren Oliver, the Mets signed P Pedro Feliciano and P Jose Parra...

...parra was great in his first stint with us. i was really upset when we let him walk. i doubt he'll ever be that good again though...

...as for feliciano, i could care less. he wasn't that good when he was with us the first time around and he probably won't make the club out of spring training...

QB Rex Grossman replaced QB Kyle Orton at halftime in the Bears 16-3 win over the pathetic Atlanta Falcons...

...orton was terrible. it really says something about the bears that they have been able to win as many games as they have with him at qb...

...the birds were atrocious. vick had what seemed like seven yards of total offense and we couldn't get a first down if the bears were blindfolded. unless hell freezes over anytime soon, we aren't making the playoffs...

I saw a thread about this at the Mets MLB.com Forum and I felt the need to ask you guys here.

If you are Omar Minaya and Tampa offers you P Scott Kazmir for OF Lastings Milledge, would you do it and why?

...i would have to do it. kazmir is a left-handed flamethrower who has already succeded at the major league level. there aren't many players i'd trade milledge for, but kazmir deffinetly is one of them...

Today in Detroit, fans marched outside and inside the stadium in hopes of seeing their favorite GM Matt Millen lose his job...

...if only we could have done this when Scott Layden was in town...

The following is an exerpt from the article:

Fans carried signs that said "Fire Millen," "Commitment to Ineptness," and "Fed Up." One wore a hat reading "Blame Ford First."

Among their chants were calls of "####, ####, ####, Millen must go."

Many marchers wore orange to support the Bengals rather than the home team. They also wore shirts calling for Millen's firing and marking their participation in the "2005 Angry Fan March."

The anti-Millen signs and chants have surfaced at games of other Detroit sports teams since Thanksgiving, as well as at University of Michigan and Michigan State basketball games.

On Friday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace joined fans in the chant during a late timeout in the game against the Chicago Bulls.

Even when the Pistons played in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday night, a fan in the upper deck held a "Fire Millen" sign.

...i feel their frustration. we had to suffer through Jim Dequette, layden and  Glen Sather (we still have him as GM though. now that this happened, i'm sure other protests will soon follow...

...the fact that they are chanting it at college basketball games really tells you something. he should have been let go a very long time ago...

According to Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News, the Mets have signed P Darren Oliver to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training...

...why do this omar? we might as well just sign P Anthony Young and P Rich Rodriguez while we are at it...

...oliver might be the worst pitcher in the history of major league baseball. if he wasn't a lefty, he would have been out of the league fifteen years ago...

According to the Boston Herald, the Red Sox are shopping around Pitchers Bronson Arroyo and Matt Clement in search of an outfielder to replace CF Johnny Damon...

...if the sox can re-sign damon, i'd expect them to either leave arroyo in the pen or trade one of them for a first basemen...

...the sox are offering arroyo or clement to the mariners for OF Jeremy Reed and to the indians for OF Coco Crisp...